News is new information or current events. The reporting of news falls into the field of journalism. News can be reported by a variety of sources, such as newspapers, television and radio programs, wire services, and web sites. News reporting is a type of journalism, typically written or broadcast in news style. Most news is investigated and presented by journalists and can be distributed to various sites via news agencies. If the content of news is significant enough, it eventually becomes history.

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Newsworthiness

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To be considered newsworthy, an event usually must have broad interest due to one or more news values:-

• Effect (how many people were, are or will be affected?)
• Timeliness (did the event occur very recently?)
• Revelation (is there significant new information, previously unknown?)
• Proximity (was the event nearby geographically?)

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Offbeat and funny financial news - CNNMoney.com

Citigroup sues pawnshop over logo
Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:59:39 -0500
You would think that Citigroup had enough on its plate these days, but that hasn't stopped the financial behemoth from filing a copyright infringement suit against a Brooklyn, New York, pawnshop over a similar logo.
Partridge, pear tree, etc.: $86,609
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:43:41 -0500
Read full story for latest details.
'Bailout' is 2008 word of the year
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:36:04 -0500
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Bizarre Bazaar

Hurricane Hunting
Eleanor Hong Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:46:07 -0400
People do some pretty crazy things in life -- flying straight into a hurricane is right up there. Or so I thought, until I took a flight with the US Air Force’s hurricane hunters, right into Hurricane Gustav as it...
The First Hidden Church
zzaki Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:22:22 -0400
An archaeologist in Jordan claims to have found the earliest-known Christian church anywhere in the world. I read this online in the Jordan Times while I am next door in Iraq. What is any self-respecting journalist with a persistent sense...
Mosul Memories
zzaki Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:51:00 -0400
I have fond memories of playing dominoes at a tea shop overlooking the Tigris River in the northern city of Mosul. It is right at the end of the iron bridge that connects the old part of the town with...

CNEWS Weird News

Student suspended for wearing Santa Claus suit
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:05:00 -0500
WALLINGFORD, Pa. - A suburban Philadelphia teenager was suspended for a day for wearing a Santa Claus suit to school.
Traffic stop yields marijuana gifts
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:22:00 -0500
JOPLIN, Mo. - Some people won't be getting the Christmas presents they were expecting.
Man finds entire apartment wrapped
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:32:08 -0500
CHICAGO — A Chicago man could be unwrapping the hundreds of Christmas gifts spread around his apartment for days, even weeks.

Exploding Cigar

Man faces prison for attacking boy with a hedgehog
Kaboom! Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:05:44 -0000
A 27-year-old man faces a possible 5 years in prison after attacking a 15-year-old boy with a hedgehog. Related posts:Athiest man faces expulsion from Boy Scouts A 19-year-old athiest man who has been vowing his belief...Scientists may treat Parkinson’s Disease with Sonic Hedgehog A new study at Toronto’s Western Hospital suggests that increasing...6-year-old boy left at Chuck-E-Cheese after party A family left a 6-year-old boy at Chuck-E-Cheese after a... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
India develops curry hand grenade
Kaboom! Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:04:13 -0000
India has developed a new nonlethal weapon in the war on terror: the curry hand grenade. Related posts:Woman takes hand grenade to work Asia Portis, 19, found a rust-encrusted hand grenade near the...Discovery of doll hand closes Ontario beach A supposed human baby’s hand found on an Ontario beach...Doctors use hot curry to treat radiation burns Tests suggest that the compound that makes curry yellow may... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
Children in poor countries need more toilets
Kaboom! Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:56:44 -0000
UN Agencies for world health and children are underscoring the need for more toilets for children in poor countries. Related posts:Media upset with DNC toilets Members of the media are upset that only 20 portable...Boston says no to public toilets during Democratic Convention Boston has decided to provide no public toilets after 5pm...Government advises against swimming with diarrhea Health agencies are advising swimmers with diarrhea to stay out... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

AHN Media - Breaking offbeat news

All Headline News - Breaking News
The latest top breaking news, U.S., world, business, politics, entertainment, celebrities, sports, technology, and more.
(AHN) Philippine Pearl, World's Second Largest, In Gems Auction
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:12:27 -0000
(AHN) - A Philippine pearl reputed to be the world's second largest of its kind will be the main sale item in Sunday's winter auction of Natural History by U.S. auctioneer Bonhams & Butterfields.
(AHN) Massive Ice Chunks Spotted Near New Zealand Coast; Global Warming To Blame
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:58:08 -0000
(AHN) - More than 100 icebergs - and possibly more to follow - are drifting toward the coast of New Zealand in an exceptionally rare occurrence. The unusual event has prompted officials to issue a shipping warning in the area.

AP Top Strange News At 4:07 a.m. EST

Donkeys escape from live nativity scene in Colo.
Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:28:04 -0000
VAIL, Colo. (AP) -- A living nativity scene in near the Colorado ski resort of Vail almost had to go without two crucial actors when two donkeys escaped....
Search of car turns up gift-wrapped marijuana
Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:01:16 -0000
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- Some people won't be getting the Christmas presents they were expecting....
Pa. student suspended for wearing Santa suit
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:55:26 -0000
WALLINGFORD, Pa. (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia teenager was suspended for a day for wearing a Santa Claus suit to school....

WMTW.com

Donkeys Escape From Live Nativity Scene
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:03:19 -0500
A living nativity scene in near the Colorado ski resort of Vail almost had to go without two crucial actors when two donkeys escaped.
Search Of Car Turns Up Gift-Wrapped Marijuana
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:45:51 -0500
Some people won't be getting the Christmas presents they were expecting.
Friends Gift Wrap Apartment In Holiday Prank
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:19:54 -0500
A Chicago man could be unwrapping the hundreds of Christmas gifts spread around his apartment for days, even weeks.

PR-inside.com News

PENNYFINDERS PAYS BIG DIVIDENDS FOR LOCAL RESIDENT AND WORTHY CAUSES
Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:13:30 -0000
POMONA, CA – Giving new meaning to the old adage that “a penny saved is a penny earned,” Tina Shelton is celebrating the one-year anniversary of her personal penny-finding journey, which is chronicled at http://PennyFinders.com, with a campaign aimed at collecting one million smiles on the site. Anyone can add to the smile counter by finding a penny and donating it to a worthy cause, and Shelton will take the lead by donating her year’s worth of found coins -- more than 3,400 in all -- to the Salvation Army’s “Red Kettle Campaign” fundraising program. Saturday, December 19th will mark 365
"SEO India" - The Most Popular keyword for SEO Company in India
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:40:40 -0000
With increasing trend of online business, many SEO companies around the world state themselves as a reliable and trustable company and a country like India has lots of competition for search engine marketing and online marketing services. It has become really tough to rank your website on keywords such as “SEO India”, “SEO Company India” etc. To be a reputed SEO Company in country like India has become really tough as many companies are competing against you. The reason for which every company wants to be on top is that mostly online business owners prefers to do their website optimization
DNA2Diamonds™ Announces Unique Diamond Holiday Special
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:42:26 -0000
Fort Washington, PA., December 15, 2009 - "DNA2Diamonds are created from a lock of hair from one or more family members (even the family pet), which makes them not only personal but unlike any other diamond in the world,” said Tom Bischoff, President of DNA2Diamonds. "These diamonds contain the essence of a loved one. There isn't another more perfect and personal gift this holiday season." Unlike other companies, DNA2Diamonds is a full cycle company consisting of sales, distribution and manufacturing – from order inception to the finished diamond. Because of this unique structure, DNA2Diamonds has been able to control costs and

This is True

THIS is TRUE #809: 13 December
Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:44:58 -0000
SINCE 1994 and reaching more than 107,000 subscribers in over 200 countries, this is the 809th weekly issue of... THIS is TRUE: 13 December 2009 Copyright http://www.thisistrue.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE IGA CLAN DID IT BETTER: Police patrolling a Seattle, Wash., neighborhood heard a man screaming for help. The officer quickly found To read the full text of this week's issue see This is True's -- weird news stories. Large portions of True are archived on the web, including the This is True story archive, the Honorary Unsubscribe, and the Bonzer Web Site of the Week. This is True covers bizarre-but-true stories from newspapers from around the world. True is also the source of the (in)famous Get Out of Hell Free cards, the well-edited humor site Jumbo Joke, and is the publisher of the True Stella Awards, featuring case write-ups of crazy lawsuits. Special Note from True's 13 March 2005 issue: Bad News, Good News: The bad news is, the RSS feed for True's free edition was being abused: people were using scripts to post the text to their web sites automatically, despite very clear prohibitions against that. Since people wouldn't stop that abuse, I stopped it -- by not putting the full text in the RSS feed anymore. It sucks that a few idiots spoiled it for everyone, but that's the way it is. True depends on its copyright to stay in business, and I just can't have people stealing it like that. I offer all sorts of neat things for free, including the "True-a-Day" service for you to put a story on your own web sites that automatically changes every day, a free archive of past stories, this free subscription, and lots more. Yet some just can't be satisfied with that and take more than what's offered. That is indeed stealing, folks, and those of you who post stories on your web sites, post them to Usenet, print them in newsletters, and more threaten True's very existence. And that matters to me. It's not a "victimless crime"! I'm very generous with my work, but I must draw the line somewhere. The "where" is up to me, not you, and if you're one who's stealing it and can't deal with that fact, then stop reading my stuff. The GOOD news is, I'm very sympathetic to the vast majority -- those who want to stay within the rules, to not cross the line, to not steal. A lot of you try hard to subscribe and get the issues by e-mail, but have difficulty, either because you only have a work e-mail address and are not allowed to subscribe to e-mail publications, or your ISP filters out the e-mail you asked to get, even while you still get loads of spam. Thus, as of last week I have started posting the current issue on the True web site so you can read it via the web. Not only that, but because very often the letters in the current issue refer to the previous one, I'm also posting the previous issue on the True web site. They automatically rotate, and the RSS feed is now a notification of the new postings, keeping the RSS option a useful feature. To find the current issue, look in the Navbar on the True site. The previous issue is linked from the current one's page. (That Navbar is pretty handy: it has links to the True-a-Day service, the archive, the Reader Forum, the Bonzer and Honorary Unsubscribe archives, site search and a lot more. The site is pretty big, but it's well organized -- if you take the time to explore it and use the tools provided to find what you want.)
THIS is TRUE #808: 6 December
Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:28:55 -0000
To read the full text of this week's issue see This is True's -- weird news stories. Large portions of True are archived on the web, including the This is True story archive, the Honorary Unsubscribe, and the Bonzer Web Site of the Week. This is True covers bizarre-but-true stories from newspapers from around the world. True is also the source of the (in)famous Get Out of Hell Free cards, the well-edited humor site Jumbo Joke, and is the publisher of the True Stella Awards, featuring case write-ups of crazy lawsuits. Special Note from True's 13 March 2005 issue: Bad News, Good News: The bad news is, the RSS feed for True's free edition was being abused: people were using scripts to post the text to their web sites automatically, despite very clear prohibitions against that. Since people wouldn't stop that abuse, I stopped it -- by not putting the full text in the RSS feed anymore. It sucks that a few idiots spoiled it for everyone, but that's the way it is. True depends on its copyright to stay in business, and I just can't have people stealing it like that. I offer all sorts of neat things for free, including the "True-a-Day" service for you to put a story on your own web sites that automatically changes every day, a free archive of past stories, this free subscription, and lots more. Yet some just can't be satisfied with that and take more than what's offered. That is indeed stealing, folks, and those of you who post stories on your web sites, post them to Usenet, print them in newsletters, and more threaten True's very existence. And that matters to me. It's not a "victimless crime"! I'm very generous with my work, but I must draw the line somewhere. The "where" is up to me, not you, and if you're one who's stealing it and can't deal with that fact, then stop reading my stuff. The GOOD news is, I'm very sympathetic to the vast majority -- those who want to stay within the rules, to not cross the line, to not steal. A lot of you try hard to subscribe and get the issues by e-mail, but have difficulty, either because you only have a work e-mail address and are not allowed to subscribe to e-mail publications, or your ISP filters out the e-mail you asked to get, even while you still get loads of spam. Thus, as of last week I have started posting the current issue on the True web site so you can read it via the web. Not only that, but because very often the letters in the current issue refer to the previous one, I'm also posting the previous issue on the True web site. They automatically rotate, and the RSS feed is now a notification of the new postings, keeping the RSS option a useful feature. To find the current issue, look in the Navbar on the True site. The previous issue is linked from the current one's page. (That Navbar is pretty handy: it has links to the True-a-Day service, the archive, the Reader Forum, the Bonzer and Honorary Unsubscribe archives, site search and a lot more. The site is pretty big, but it's well organized -- if you take the time to explore it and use the tools provided to find what you want.)

Reuters: Oddly Enough

The secret of Xmas crackers -- pull downwards
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:04:30 -0000
LONDON (Reuters) - Debenhams department store has worked out a formula it says will make sure festive feasters are never again left holding the short end of a pulled cracker.
Australian man turns Santa, gives away belongings
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:36:19 -0000
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man has embraced the spirit of the season, taking on the role of a real-life Santa and giving away his possessions as gifts for the second Christmas in a row.
Ghana's Mills spurns Christmas hampers on graft fears
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:34:03 -0000
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's President John Atta Mills is refusing to accept traditional Christmas gifts such as hampers this year because they may be efforts to corrupt him, a spokesman said on Thursday.

chron.com News Bizarre

Spirit of giving goes too far for 5th-grader with $10,000
Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:37:00 -0000
Children who received the ones, fives and twenties told teachers and the principal, and the sheriff's department was called.
Grinch wouldn't steal reindeer poop ornaments
Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:07:00 -0000
The reindeer droppings are dehydrated, sterilized and spray-painted with glitter. They’re called “Magical Reindeer Gems.”
Kerrville woman's recipe for finicky husband: call 911
Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:01:00 -0000
Prosecutors in Kerrville will review the case of a woman accused of calling 911 to complain that her husband refused to eat his dinner. A police report says the 53-year-old woman at the scene was also yelling “about things that happened two weeks ago.”

Sky News | Strange News | First For Breaking News

Festive Dip: Swimmers Brave Christmas Chill
Dozens of hardy swimmers have braved the Christmas Day chill for a festive plunge in the Serpentine in London's Hyde Park.
Snowball Gang's Hit And Run On Cop Car
Two police officers sheltering inside their patrol car were subjected to an onslaught of snowballs thrown by dozens of teenagers, an internet video showed.
'The World's Best Job' Ends For British Man
The British man who for six months had the "Best Job In The World" is set to pack away his snorkel as his contract comes to an end.

MiamiHerald.com: Weird News

Donkeys escape from live nativity scene in Colo.
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:33:00 -0500
A living nativity scene in near the Colorado ski resort of Vail almost had to go without two crucial actors when two donkeys escaped.
Pa. student suspended for wearing Santa suit
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:03:00 -0500
A suburban Philadelphia teenager was suspended for a day for wearing a Santa Claus suit to school.
Friends pack apartment with gifts in holiday prank
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:08:00 -0500
A Chicago man could be unwrapping the hundreds of Christmas gifts spread around his apartment for days, even weeks.

CNN.com - Funny News

Gamers prove their metal as rock stars
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:27:09 -0500
Jess Hu is a child care provider from Brooklyn, New York, but for 20 hours a week, she's a rock star. That's how much she estimates she plays the video game "Rock Band."
Comedian is living in an Ikea store
Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:23:26 -0500
Read full story for latest details.
Texas town hopes to become UFO landing spot
Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:39:56 -0500


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